Posted on January 2, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.
Aurélie SACCHELLI
In addition to the ATP Cup in Sydney, the ATP is organizing two different tournaments in Australia to start out the 2022 season, in Adelaide and Melbourne. Discover the tables.
If some gamers have determined to start out their season with the ATP Cup in Sydney, others have chosen to take the trail of Adelaide to arrange for the Australian Open. The metropolis within the south of the nation will host two tournaments in two weeks, and for the primary, which is able to begin on Monday, Gaël Monfils would be the No. 1 seed. The Frenchman will likely be exempt from the primary spherical, as will Karen Khachanov, Marin Cilic and Frances Tiafoe. In addition to Monfils, Benjamin Bonzi (who will play for the primary time in his life in Australia) and Corentin Moutet would be the different French representatives.
ADELAIDE 1 (Australia, ATP 250, exhausting outdoors, € 458,113)
Title holder (in 2020): Andrey Rublev (RUS)
1st spherical
Monfils (FRA, n ° 1) – Bye
JMCerundolo (ARG) – Bolt (AUS, WC)
Musetti (ITA) – Q
Vesely (RTC) – Paul (USA, n ° 6)
Tiafoe (USA, n ° 4) – Bye
Kokkinakis (GRE, WC) – Millman (AUS)
Bonzi (FRA) – Mr Ymer (SUE)
Nishioka (JAP) – Kwon (CdS, n ° 8)
Djere (SER, n ° 7) – Carballes Baena (ESP)
Q – Moutet (FRA)
Monteiro (BRE) – Altmaier (ALL)
Cilic (CRO, n ° 3) – Bye
Fucsovics (HON, n ° 5) – Q
Mager (ITA) – Q
Johnson (USA) – Vukic (AUS, WC)
Khachanov (RUS, n ° 2) – Bye
Five months after his final official match in Washington, Rafael Nadal, recovered from his foot harm and covid, returns to competitors on the Melbourne event, in preparation for the Australian Open, the place he will likely be seeded. Reilly Opelka, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin (who hasn't received a sport since May) are additionally exempt from the primary spherical. On the French facet, there are three to participate within the event: Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino and Benoit Paire, visibly recovered from the covid too.
MELBOURNE (Australia, ATP 250, exhausting outdoors, € 458,181)
Title holder: Dan Evans (GBR)
1st spherical
Nadal (ESP, n ° 1) – Bye
Q – Giron (USA)
Popyrin (AUS) – Travaglia (ITA)
Griekspoor (PBS) – Koepfer (ALL, n ° 7)
Goffin (BEL, n ° 4) – Bye
Molcan (SLQ) – Kyrgios (AUS, WC)
O'Connell (AUS, WC) – Thompson (USA)
Gasquet (FRA) – Ivashka (BIE, n ° 6)
McDonald (USA, n ° 8) – Gojowczyk (ALL)
Mannarino (FRA) – Van de Zandschulp (PBS)
Bagnis (ARG) – Murray (GBR, WC)
Dimitrov (BUL, n ° 3) – Bye
Pair (FRA, n ° 5) – Q
Munar (ESP) – Anderson (AFS)
Q – Q
Opelka (USA, n ° 2) – Bye
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